Government Name: | Rif Republic Federal Government |
Jurisdiction: | Confederal Republic of the Tribes of the Rif |
Legislature: | Congress of Representatives of the Tribes of the Rif |
Meeting Place: | Ajdir |
Appointed: | Tribes of the Rif |
Departments: | 5 |
Main Organ: | Cabinet of the Rif |
Court: | Supreme Court of the Republic of the Rif |
Document: | Government of the Rif Republic; Declaration of State and Proclamation to all Nations |
The Government of the Republic of the Rif was established on 18 September 1921 when the Riffian Tribes, led by Abd el-Krim, beat Spain in the Battle of Annual during the Rif War and created the Confederal Republic of the Tribes of the Rif.
The Republic of the Rif is considered the first-ever independent non-monarchical modern Amazigh state.
After the Riffian victory, President Abd el-Krim and his Council of Ministers issued a document titled "Government of the Rif Republic; Declaration of State and Proclamation to all Nations" declaring the independence of the Rif from the Franco-Spanish colonial dominion and from the Arab-Alouite Sultan Yusef of Morocco.